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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Because, in the States, a Sheriff('s Deputy) and a Police Officer are two very different job descriptions...and where you have a Police Department in a city, the Sheriff Dept of that city (if there is one) basically IS a glorified security guard detachment.
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http://www.sheriff.org/Pages/About-Us.aspx
The Broward county sheriff department provides full time law enforcement in many areas of the county. They are trained as police officers, have arrest authority and are country employees. That's very different than a security guard in my eyes.